to excuse
81excuse — [13] Etymologically, excuse means ‘free of accusation’. It comes via Old French from Latin excūsāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex , denoting removal, and causa ‘cause’ – but ‘cause’ in the sense not of something that produces a… …
82Excuse me — This is a great one! It s what kids are taught to say when they belch in public. We are also taught to say pardon me if we fart out loud. Unfortunately in American excuse me means you are encroaching in someone s personal space and you say pardon …
83excuse my French — This expression is used as an apology for using crude or offensive language. He s a bloody nuisance, if you ll excuse my French …
84excuse me — a polite apology for an interruption, asking someone to move, etc. ↘N. Amer. used to ask someone to repeat a remark. → excuse …
85excuse oneself — say politely that one is leaving. → excuse …
86excuse — I. v. a. 1. Pardon, forgive, acquit, absolve, exculpate, exonerate. 2. Extenuate, justify, form or constitute an apology or excuse for. 3. Exempt, release, free, let off. 4. Overlook, regard indulgently, treat as venial. 5. [With self.] Clear,… …
87excuse yourself — to politely say that you are going to leave a place excuse yourself from: She excused herself from the table and went back to work …
88excuse — 1. Pretext. Ōlelo hō alo alo. 2. Pardon. Kala, huikala, ho oku u. ♦ Excuse me, kala mai ia u …
89excuse — [13] Etymologically, excuse means ‘free of accusation’. It comes via Old French from Latin excūsāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex , denoting removal, and causa ‘cause’ – but ‘cause’ in the sense not of something that produces a… …
90excuse, excuse me — See apology …
